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Among the other notable developments are the rise of several ACC schools. Virginia bolts up to No. 15 with a victory at Arizona. That’s an excellent start for the Charlottesville Singletarys, but they’ve done it before against the Wildcats only to fade later.\
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Clemson jumps up to No. 23 after winning at Mississippi State and dispatching Old Dominion. Come Selection Sunday, the road victory over a solid SEC team will look very, very good. Miami also checks in at No. 40 after winning a tournament in Puerto Rico by knocking off Marist, Virginia Commonwealth and Providence. The Hurricanes are a much different team with Anthony King in the frontcourt, and with so much in flux in the ACC, an 8-8 league record is not out of the realm of possibility for Frank Haith’s team.\
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On the flip side, N.C. State tumbles nearly 20 spots for losing at home to New Orleans (Wolfpack assistant Monte Towe came to Raleigh after a stint as the Privateers’ head coach) and Maryland fell into the next five after squeaking past Hampton and Northeastern. Also in that group between 41 and 45: George Mason, which is off to a 3-0 start.\
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1. UCLA (3-0)\
2. North Carolina (2-0)\
3. Memphis (4-0)\
4. Georgetown (2-0)\
5. Kansas (3-0)\
6. Michigan State (2-0)\
7. Washington State (3-0)\
8. Indiana (2-0)\
9. Louisville (2-0)\
10. Tennessee (3-0)\
11. Oregon (4-0)\
12. Marquette (2-0)\
13. Texas (3-0)\
14. Texas A&M; (4-0)\
15. Virginia (3-0)\
16. Pittsburgh (4-0)\
17. Kansas State (3-0)\
18. Gonzaga (3-0)\
19. Duke (2-0)\
20. Butler (3-0)\
21. Southern Illinois (1-0)\
22. Villanova (2-0)\
23. Clemson (3-0)\
24. Wisconsin (4-0)\
25. Florida (4-0)\
26. Arizona (1-1)\
27. Syracuse (3-0)\
28. Arkansas (2-1)\
29. Brigham Young (3-0)\
30. Missouri (3-0)\
31. Davidson (1-1)\
32. N.C. State (1-1)\
33. Mississippi State (2-1)\
34. Stanford (4-1)\
35. Southern California (2-1)\
36. Connecticut (3-1)\
37. Ohio State (2-0)\
38. Vanderbilt (2-0)\
39. Alabama (2-0)\
40. Miami (4-0)\
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– Patrick Stevens
